Associate Teacher
About The Position
Security Benefit Academy is seeking an experienced, full-time Associate Teacher for its early childcare and education center in Topeka, Kansas. The role works a four-day, 10-hour schedule and supports the center across its school-age STEM and Fine Arts classrooms and other rooms as needed. The Associate Teacher develops, supplements, and carries out activities that engage children and provide learning experiences, while supporting transitions between active and quiet activities. The position maintains a positive, warm, and encouraging environment that follows health and safety requirements and builds respectful, supportive relationships with children, parents, and other associates. The Associate Teacher establishes and maintains daily schedules, prepares and follows weekly lesson plans, teaches and implements Conscious Discipline, and provides age-appropriate outdoor activities. The role also monitors and guides camp teachers, carries out classroom teachers’ lesson plans, covers rooms when primary teachers are on PTO, and floats throughout the building to give PC’s breaks. The Associate Teacher must comply with licensing regulations and center policies and procedures.
Requirements
- At least 18 years old.
- College degree in Early Childhood or a related field.
- 1–3 years of experience working with children in a licensed child care facility.
- Respectful and caring mindset toward children.
- Basic understanding of child growth and development.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to function effectively as part of a team.
- Positive attitude and ability to be flexible.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office to input data and communicate with parents.
- Ability to work inside and outside throughout the year and keep up with active young children.
- Able to walk and stand for long periods.
- Able to use hands and fingers to handle or feel children/infants, small objects, and controls, and to care for children.
- Able to repeatedly reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, twist, squat, climb, or crawl.
- Able to lift and carry up to 40 pounds and, in an emergency, a 50-pound child.
Responsibilities
- Develop, supplement, and execute activities that engage children and provide learning experiences in school-age STEM and Fine Arts classrooms.
- Support children in moving between vigorous physical activities and quiet activities.
- Maintain a positive, warm, and encouraging environment that follows health and safety requirements.
- Interact with children respectfully and supportively, and maintain collaborative relationships with parents and other SBA associates.
- Establish and maintain a daily schedule; prepare and follow weekly lesson plans.
- Teach and implement Conscious Discipline in the classroom.
- Provide opportunities for age-appropriate outdoor activities.
- Monitor, mentor, and guide camp teachers.
- Continuously supervise and interact with children individually and in groups.
- Carry out lesson plans established by the Classroom Teacher throughout the center.
- Cover center rooms when the primary teacher is on PTO and float through the building to give PC’s breaks.
- Adhere to licensing regulations and center policies and procedures.
Benefits
- 33 days of paid time off covering PTO, paid holidays, days of Significance, and a Volunteer Day.
- Paid parental leave eligibility.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Profit Sharing & Savings Plan.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Flexible spending account.
- Life insurance.
- Educational assistance.
- Associate Assistance Programs.
- Career growth opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
